Pak arrests US citizens linked with Jaish outfit

Six men have been arrested by Pakistani law enforcement agencies in the eastern city of Sargodha for suspected links to terror activities. The six include three foreigners and as many activists of the banned Jaish- e- Mohammed ( JeM).

The men - two Egyptians, a Yemeni, two Pakistanis with US nationality and a local government employee - were arrested on Thursday during a raid in a posh residential area of Sargodha, police sources said.

Laptop computers, some CDs, jihadi literature and maps of sensitive locations were seized from their possession.

The three foreigners, Pakistanis identified as Omer Farooq and Waqar Hasan Khan, and a highway department employee named Fahim were arrested from Farooq's house, a senior police officer of Sargodha division said.

The officer said the arrested men had links to the JeM and were planning terror attacks.

They were taken to an undisclosed location for interrogation.

Sargodha is home to one of the most important bases of the Pakistan Air Force. It has witnessed several terror attacks over the past two years.

Both the US state department and secretary of state Hillary Clinton refused to answer questions related to the issue. " We've contacted our embassy in Islamabad, and they are seeking further information. I think that we need to get those kinds of details about the identity of these five individuals," state department spokesman Ian Kelly said.

In Washington, the FBI said it was probing the case. The six entered Pakistan through Karachi on November 30 before travelling to Lahore and then to Sargodha earlier this month. Pakistani police registered a case against the youths under the Foreigners Act before handing them over to intelligence agencies.

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